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Geerd Arends Abbas

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Geerd Arends Abbas

Birth
Heerenland, Landkreis Leer, Lower Saxony, Germany
Death
29 Mar 1890 (aged 77)
Hardin County, Iowa, USA
Burial
Ackley, Hardin County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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He was born in Heerenland, Ostfriesland, Germany, the son of Arend Engelkes Abbas & Gepke Hinderks Hemmes.

Geerd and Fentje Freerks Kruse's intent to marry was published on August 12 and 19, 1838. They were married on 02 September 1838 in the Reformed Church of Wymeer, Ostfriesland. Geerd was 25 and Fentje's age was not listed. He was listed as a laborer.

G. Abbas (59) along with his daughter, G. Abbas (30) and her husband, H. Riekens (30), arrived on 31 May 1882 in New York aboard the steamship, "Nemesis", Captain Pease, of the Royal Netherlands Steamship Co. (Amsterdam Line). They left on 10 May 1882 from the Port of Amsterdam, Netherlands and were on a "permanent sojourn" to the United States. Their ship accommodations were in steerage. Hinderk & Gepke Riekens' 7 month old son, G. Riekens died enroute on 26 May 1882. Geert Abbas & Hinderk Riekens were both laborers.

They settled in Iowa. George was a farmer.
He was born in Heerenland, Ostfriesland, Germany, the son of Arend Engelkes Abbas & Gepke Hinderks Hemmes.

Geerd and Fentje Freerks Kruse's intent to marry was published on August 12 and 19, 1838. They were married on 02 September 1838 in the Reformed Church of Wymeer, Ostfriesland. Geerd was 25 and Fentje's age was not listed. He was listed as a laborer.

G. Abbas (59) along with his daughter, G. Abbas (30) and her husband, H. Riekens (30), arrived on 31 May 1882 in New York aboard the steamship, "Nemesis", Captain Pease, of the Royal Netherlands Steamship Co. (Amsterdam Line). They left on 10 May 1882 from the Port of Amsterdam, Netherlands and were on a "permanent sojourn" to the United States. Their ship accommodations were in steerage. Hinderk & Gepke Riekens' 7 month old son, G. Riekens died enroute on 26 May 1882. Geert Abbas & Hinderk Riekens were both laborers.

They settled in Iowa. George was a farmer.


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